Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-12

| gave the same results as fifty pounds Of
hay, because cottonseed meal has S3.3
| per cent Of albumino,ds and but l76 per
cent of carbohy thus forming, with
the straw, q we'll balanced ration. OIL
meal contains 27.8 per cent of albumi-
| noids and 81 per cent of carbohydrates,
| so that pound more Of oil meal than of
cottonseed meal should be fed. The
cost Of this foed as compared
with hay, at IS ton or
important question. Ii is said to take rs
pounds Of 1t to make a steer gain a pound
a day, or st cents daily to keep him in
| good growing condition. But If by feed.
ing 4 pounds of oil meal. worth 1t cents
| per pound, the same gain can be made,
and by feeding proportionately less
amount we can keep up the. weight. it
will help out short crop of hay. But to
| oil meal the following facts will be Of
values. Clover hay contains about per
| cent of albumnoids, timothy contains5.S,
| and oat straw IA per cent; therefore 1t
will be seen that tone of clover hay fed
with a ton Of oat will be equal in value
to two tons of timothy, because clover
hay contains an excess of albuminoids,
and 1t Is waste to fed 1t by itself, Is it is
waste to fed oat straw alone. A steer
| fed on the straw long enough would
starve, but when fed with clover they are
| a well balanced ration. and make o poor
hay crop go much further. 1t is clearly
| established that the food value of oat
straw can be obtained only be feeding
with something that has an excess of al.
buminoids and deficiency of carbohy.
| drates. The farmers food of this class is
| clover hay.
Seasonable Hints and Suggestions.
Use every endeavor to induce the birds
| to build near the house and barn, as they
| are the best insect eXtermlnators.
Buttermilk thickened with wheat mid
dlngs and ground oats, with plenty of
| grass, is the best food for growing pigs.
Cabbages delight in frequent cultiva-
| ton and cannot be worked too often. II
necessary, the hoe should be used close
to the plant.
The Chicago live stock show will have
| a department for poultry, this year, and
| il is expected that over 5000 birds will be
| on exhibition.
After the rains it will require close at
tentlon and extra work to keep down tho
| weeds and grass, as they now have the
most favorable conditions of growth.
1t is best not to allow tree to so over.
load itself with fruit as to compel the use
| of props to the limbs. The fruit should
be thinned out, leaving only the choicest.
Where young tree runs up in height
with but few strong branches and u slen-
der trunk the top should be trimmed oil
a few inches. especially of the main
shoots.
| Young turkeys over ten weeks old are
usually past danger. They will be ten
der until they shall have the red face.
but after that time they will be harder
than chicks.
| nnoY, cho1o Ia in tho hor orJo n
able in providing shade IN the summer,
and IN affOrding protection from driving
storms in winter. Every barnyard
should have an open She'd if conven-
lent
In turning weeds under the work will
be thrown away unless they be COM
pletely covered, as covering the roots
only and leaving the tops out of the
ground will permit them to continue
growing.
1t costs very little to plant trees along
the road. and when they shall reach a
fair size they will add something to the
value of the farm. Attractiveness is
often OF as much value rs fertility when
disposing of farm.
Tomatoes will not become affected
with the rot If the vines be properly
trimmed and staked. If they are per-
mltted to fall over and the fruit rest
| oh tuC UuC Will UC SOIuC-
times an attack of the rot and also of In.
Sects.
| Where sheep are troubled with flies
and maggots they rapidly lose flesh, rs
they get but little rest and have no ap-
petites. Damp pastures are also in
furious, often causing foot rot. The
sheep should always be sheltered at
night.
A fast horse is not the best for the
plow or cultivator, as such horses not
only exhaust themselves but the driver
also. The best work can usually be done
with slow animal. as the grass and
weeds can thus more easily be de-
stroyed.
The recent rains have been very favor
able to turnips, which should be thinned
out in the rows and well worked until
the leaves shall cover the ground. The
turnip grows very rapidly, and only
needs attention at first for it to grow to a
large size.
| One of the principal causes of failure
in preserving eggs is that in nearly all
cases where the eggs are collected from
different sources few stale ones get in
among those that are fresh thus injur-
iuring all. Only s;rickly fresh eggs can
be preserved
The white and brown Leghorn fowls
begin to lay when only five months old.
| 1ney are nOn-SetterS, lay Whlte eggs, and
rank very high as egg-producers. They
are, however. rather small in size, and
do not answer rs we'll for market as do
the larger breeds.
When digging potatoes allow them to
thoroughly dry before removing them tc
the storage bins. If dried in the shade
1t will be better than exposing them tc
the direct rays of the sun, and they
should not be stored too soon after digging
them. but should be kept spread out fol
a few days.
Mud in the barn>yard is severe tria
to stock, and plenty of absorbent material
should be used freely in order to have
the barn.yard as dry as possible. A filthy
barn-yard often compels the stock to re.
main in the stalls instead of allowing i,
to be in the fresh air. Sheep cannot
thrive unless the barn yard be free from
mud, while cows often have their udders
covered, the dirt from which passes into
the pail when they are MIXED.
A great many fruit-growers do not cul
tivate the black berry canes after the fru
has been gathered. under the supposition
that the grass and weeds prevent winter
killing; but recent developments show